tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post114101756022667211..comments2023-09-24T03:18:15.557-04:00Comments on Guanaguanare: the laughing gull: Sinking Ship [Song]Guanaguanarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633889363662650322noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-39301817571652490332023-05-30T19:06:47.413-04:002023-05-30T19:06:47.413-04:00Hello,
So far only finding a Karaoke version onlin...Hello,<br />So far only finding a Karaoke version online.<br /><br />https://youtu.be/kCh8WoHzesc<br /><br />Blessings,<br />GuanaguanareGuanaguanarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16633889363662650322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-15579676992106771672019-02-21T21:06:13.047-05:002019-02-21T21:06:13.047-05:00Hi I need to get an instrumental for this song or ...Hi I need to get an instrumental for this song or the soundtrack pleaseAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957669738845296708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-57049607067918785842011-05-05T20:30:08.860-04:002011-05-05T20:30:08.860-04:00Thanks for visiting, Lee, and also for the comment...Thanks for visiting, Lee, and also for the comment. On behalf of Gypsy, I accept your appreciation of this song. Had no idea that it was used in this way. I guess "Sinking Ship" is for bemoaning cricket disasters and "Rally Round the West Indies" is for rallying the team and supporters. Outside of cricket, "Sinking Ship" is a classic, pure and simple, and continues to be one of the most heavily accessed songs here. So glad that you finally found the song and the lyrics.<br />BlessingsGuanaguanarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16633889363662650322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-62774821280911721292011-05-05T19:01:21.365-04:002011-05-05T19:01:21.365-04:00Great tune, thanks for posting, been trying to get...Great tune, thanks for posting, been trying to get hold of this for years! To maybe answer your question about why it is so popular, I know many of us in the UK heard it through the cricket - played at the Caribbean grounds as the Windies took wicket after wicket against the English......Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-25373137576545144242010-09-14T00:10:51.021-04:002010-09-14T00:10:51.021-04:00"Boy, it have endless good kaiso!"
Jef...<i>"Boy, it have endless good kaiso!"</i> <br /><br />Jefferson, truer words were never spoken. Thanks for visiting and for leaving a comment. I'd like to see that list of top 100 kaiso/soca songs that you mentioned. Yes, this song is one of the greats. Did you happen to hear <a href="http://guanaguanaresingsat.blogspot.com/2010/05/decision-2010-tnt-general-elections.html" rel="nofollow">Anti-Everything's version of Sinking Ship</a>? Have a listen if you are interested. Scroll down to the third song posted. Again, it was a real pleasure to hear from you.<br />Blessings.Guanaguanarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16633889363662650322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-63485794076995724792010-09-12T19:19:29.019-04:002010-09-12T19:19:29.019-04:00Boy, it have endless good kaiso! A few months ago ...Boy, it have endless good kaiso! A few months ago a group put together a top 100 kaiso/soca (on de web), and I doe remember where dat song was on de list - everybody know dat list was Terrible. Because dat jam is one of de best!! No doubt about it!! Well done Gypsy...Jefferson Challengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12888484027143118854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-65820135366974627342009-02-23T18:21:00.000-05:002009-02-23T18:21:00.000-05:00LC, thanks for visiting and for your comment. By t...LC, thanks for visiting and for your comment. By the time this song came out in 1986, I think it was, its message was not news for most of us. Ever since I was a child my parents had been telling us that Trinbago was "going down". It wasn't just the usual older generation's nostalgia trip where life in the past is always portrayed as better. They had seen their share of hard times when they were children. But they knew that Trinbago was being torn apart. As lovers of the environment, of peace and kindness and productivity and justice they outlined in great detail for us, what we were losing. We grew up very aware of the problems and so did many others. <BR/><BR/>The question that I need answered is how the trend was allowed to continue when so many people could see what was happening? It is a very important question to be answered because we should want to learn and evolve and not repeat mistakes. Were we like deer caught in the headlights? Did we believe we were/are powerless? Was it our Destiny to go down this road? Gypsy sang, " "Now it’s up to you, it’s up to me/To make her worthy to go back to sea." I don't think it's too late for Trinbago, but it should not be an expectation that a complete turnaround will take less time than it took for us to get to this point.<BR/>BlessingsGuanaguanarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16633889363662650322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-23144236671282855722009-02-22T08:23:00.000-05:002009-02-22T08:23:00.000-05:00I have loved this song since it first came out and...I have loved this song since it first came out and have been thinking about it a lot lately. Gypsy had no clue when he sang this that years later the sailors would be clinging to the top of the mast hoping that the ship is not really sinking as fast as it is!!! I wish he would remake it! Anyways... thanks for the memories! LCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-53454413554071051072009-02-21T22:21:00.000-05:002009-02-21T22:21:00.000-05:00hbynoe, Thanks so much for your visit and for taki...hbynoe, Thanks so much for your visit and for taking the time to comment. I mentioned the fact that this song is one of the most heavily accessed songs on this blog. The next in line is <A HREF="http://guanaguanaresingsat.blogspot.com/2006/02/god-bless-our-nation_09.html" REL="nofollow">"God Bless Our Nation</A>." I think that Sinking Ship is being summoned by people who love Trinbago or can identify with what has been happening here. They are both love songs, pure and simple - one is acknowledging and asking for blessings on the beauty of this place and its people. The other is a lament which sounds the alarm that we are floundering. I like to put this song together with Winston Devine's <A HREF="http://guanaguanaresingsat.blogspot.com/2006/09/sailing.html" REL="nofollow">"Sailing"</A> as performed by Mighty Trini. I haven't yet been able to find an audio file but the Mighty Trini expresses the view of many Trinbagonians that nothing is going to make them abandon Trinbago - "If Trinidad is a boat, ah go sail on it, sink or float."<BR/>BlessingsGuanaguanarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16633889363662650322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-73240462683747315522009-02-21T20:54:00.000-05:002009-02-21T20:54:00.000-05:00i love this song. thank youi love this song. thank youhbynoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13654888032015389352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-77378230230007961462007-09-26T12:33:00.000-04:002007-09-26T12:33:00.000-04:00You're welcome. Thank you for your interest.Blessi...You're welcome. Thank you for your interest.<BR/>BlessingsGuanaguanarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16633889363662650322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-4080608380417631972007-09-25T17:36:00.000-04:002007-09-25T17:36:00.000-04:00Thank you........Thank you........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-1117928461804320242007-09-25T14:36:00.000-04:002007-09-25T14:36:00.000-04:00Dear Anonymous, You can listen to this song at the...Dear Anonymous, <BR/>You can listen to this song at the wonderful site "Toronto Lime". Understandably, they do not permit linking to their files, so I cannot provide a live link but this is where it is located if you intend to visit: http://www.toronto-lime.com/music/classics/sinking_ship.html<BR/>BlessingsGuanaguanarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16633889363662650322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22112793.post-75737702954568882522007-09-24T16:41:00.000-04:002007-09-24T16:41:00.000-04:00Do you have a link to the song?Do you have a link to the song?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com